by singing or whistling, gradually prolonging the attempts.
Rest, to prevent the manufacture of more waste products, the elimination of those present, and the generation of nerve-strength from nourishing food are the things that cure. [Chapters XIX] and [XX] deal with the drug treatment.
Do not Worry. Whatever your trouble is, it is useless to
"Look before and after, and sigh for what is not"
for the future cannot be rushed nor the past remedied. All patients reply promptly that they "can't help" worrying, when in truth they do not try.
Work never hurt anyone, but harassing preoccupation with problems which no amount of thought will solve drives many thousands to early graves. Anger exhausts itself in a few minutes, fatigue in a few hours, and real overwork with a week's rest, but worry grows ever worse. Ponder Meredith's lines:
"I will endure; I will not strive to peep
Behind the barrier of the days to come."
"Look on the bright side!" said an optimist to a melancholy friend.
"But there is no bright side."